Silkeborg - Museum of Art

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picture - a seascape with sailing ships. In the Second World War he produced his "The Seasons" cycle of paintings, which can now be admired in the entrance hall but which at the time served as black-out blinds in an apartment block in Copenhagen! Jorn painted abstract pictures with a powerful use of color, some with figures from Nordic folk art. He became an art collector after the war, many items being obtained in exchange for his own pictures. In this way he acquired works by Odilon Redon, James Ensor, Emil Nolde, Max Ernst, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Fernand Leger, Jean Dubuffet, Karel Appel, Pierre Alechinsky, Lucio Fontana, Echauren Matta, Enrico Baj and other well-known artists. In addition to the exhibition rooms there are others used for the instruction of art students and those taking courses and a children's workshop.